"To Love another person is to see the face of god." -Les Mis
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
Thank you, that song is hilarious, I love your RENT qoute
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I love love love Les Mis I have so many fave Les Mis lyrics, and I second yours.
Some others are:
"Master of the house isnt worth my spit, comforter, philosopher, and life long ****. Cunning little brain, regular voltaire, thinks hes quite a lover but theres not much there"
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"Life is just a bowl of cherries Don't take it serious, life's too mysterious! You work, you save, you worry so but you can't take the dough when you go, go, go. So keep repeating: it's the berries! The strongest oak must fall The sweet things in life to you were just loaned So how can you lose what you never owned? Life is just a bowl of cherries, so Live and laugh! Laugh and love! Live and laugh at it all!" - from BIG DEAL and later featured in FOSSE.
Also "I Am What I Am" from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES has one of the best lyrics I know. Updated On: 1/29/06 at 03:16 PM
Les Mis was universally derided by the British press and theatre opinion-makers when it first opened in London, but of course the last laugh is on them. I would rate Herbert Kretzmer's lyrics as worthy of a Pulitzer. To quote almost at random: "this innocent who wears my face, who goes to judgement in my place" Not a word out of place. Perfect sense, perfect stress, perfect singability. The three S's of musical theater lyrics.
"A tiger in a cage, can never see the sun, this diva needs her stage baby!" RENT (ps. whats with all the RENT haters???? Forgive me, but I love that lyric)
"Who can say if Ive been changed for the better, but I have been changed for good" Wicked (my best friend used that in her closing speech for our last show together)
"If just one person believes in you, deep enough and strong enough, believes in you....." SNOOPY
"Children of Israel are never alone" Joesph
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It's a masterpiece, I say They will cheer every word, every letter I wish I felt that way I believe I can put it better Now, then, attend, as friend to friend, Our declaration committee For us I see immortality In Philadelphia City A farmer, a lawyer, And a sage a bit gouty in the leg You know, it's quite bizarre to think that here we are Playing midwives to an egg
We're waiting for the chirp, chirp, chirp Of an eaglet being born Waiting for the chirp, chirp, chirp On this humid Monday morning in this congressional incubator God knows the temperature's hot enough to hatch a stone Let alone an egg We're waiting for the scratch, scratch, scratch Of that tiny little fellow Waiting for the egg to hatch On this humid Monday morning in this congressional incubator God knows the temperature's hot enough to hatch a stone But will it hatch an egg?
The eagle's going to crack the shell Of the egg that England laid Yes, sir, we can tell, tell, tell On this humid Monday morning in this congressional incubator And just as Tom here has written, Though the shell may belong to Great Britain The eagle inside belongs to us And just as Tom here has written We say, "To hell with Great Britain!" The eagle inside belongs to us! Updated On: 1/29/06 at 04:58 PM
ahhh - 1776 -- LOVE IT! That is one of the most underappreciated shows (and BEST movie musical) ever!
"They want me to quit They say, 'John, give up the fight' Still to England I say, 'Good night, forever, good night'
For I have crossed the Rubicon Let the bridge be burned behind me Come what may, Come what may Commitment!"
And of course:
"You see we pwiddle, twiddle and resolve, Not one damn thing do we solve Piddle, twiddle and resolve, Nothing's ever solved in foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy Philadelphia!"
For I have crossed the Rubicon Let the bridge be burned behind me Come what may, Come what may Commitment!
I love that. I obviously was never fortunate enough to see Daniels on stage, but those lines give me chills every time I see the film version.
I love this bit from Chess a lot:
Here we have two men caring About a minor sporting triumph, sharing A show with esoterics, Paranoids, hysterics Who don't pay attention to What goes on around them They leave the ones they love the way they found them Is this the life they need? A childish, selfish greed While those around them bleed to death
Hm, there are so many great lyrics to choose from. I'll definitely agree with the Les Mis mention, especially the haunting "Javert's Suicide." The chorus of Aida's "Written in the Stars" is great as well.
Updated On: 1/29/06 at 06:20 PM
I realize this is turning into the 1776 love thread, but if I could have gone to see any performance ever in the past, it would have been Daniels in 1776. Peter Filichia, who basically LIVES in the theater, has listed that performance as his single favorite of all time.
Sadly, I missed the revival a couple of years ago too, but I have my movie which I force on anyone I can get to sit and watch!
"Just remembering you've had an 'and' When you're back to 'or' Makes the 'or' mean more than it did before" ~ ITW
"Women are irrational, that's all there is to that! There heads are full of cotton, hay, and rags! They're nothing but exasperating, irritating, vacillating, calculating, agitating, Maddening and infuriating hags!" - MFL
"There's a hole in the world like a great black pit And the vermin of the world inhabit it And it's morals aren't worth what a pig could spit And it goes by the name of London.
At the top of the hole sit the privileged few Making mock of the vermin in the lower zoo Turning beauty into filth and greed. I, too, Have sailed the world and seen its wonders For the cruelty of men is as wonderous as Peru But there's no place like London!" ~ Sweeney
"We build a treehouse -- I keep it from shaking Little more glue ev'ry time that it breaks Perfectly balanced -- then I start making Conscious, deliberate mistakes." ~ L5Y
I realize this is turning into the 1776 love thread, but if I could have gone to see any performance ever in the past, it would have been Daniels in 1776.
I don't know if that would be #1 on my list, but I can't get over how INTENSE he is. His voice leaves a lot to be desired, but damn, he can act.
"Yes, but even one prick, it's my thing about blood -" "Well, it's sick!" "It's no sicker than your thing with dwarfs..." "Dwarves!" "Dwarfs..." "Dwarves are very upsetting..."
littleredridinghood, that may be my favorite as well.
"To love another person is to see the face of God" always gives me chills, but I believe that its from the actual book Les Miserables, so I don't know how eligible that is.
"No one can give you courage No one can thicken your skin I will not fail so you can be comfortable, Cathy I will not lose because you can't win" ~L5Y
dancingpirate - if it's in the actual book, why would that make it less eligible. The book is nearly 1500 pages long full of great quotes - for the authors to choose that phrase and use it so effectively certainly wouldn't disqualify it for me! (And I'm not going back and rereading the book again looking for it - and yes, "rereading again" is right, I've read it twice already).
I figure I can revive this thread instead of starting a new one. I was listening to "A Chorus Line" and just thought this has to be one of the best, most generation-defining lyrics ever.
"Too young to take over, too old to ignore."
Ah, I just love it. Also, from "The Producers":
"The urge to merge can rob us of our senses The need to breed can make a man a drone We must be on alert with our defenses For every skirt will test testosterone."
Best lyrics? I say -Defying Gravity && For Good , from wicked -Another Day,Ill Cover you(reprise), SEasons of love from RENT -See What I wanna See ( a lot of songs from that ) -if you were gay , everyones a little bit racist , avenue q -Are you there? , BARE -The beauty is ,from Light in the Piazza ^ that song was so funny Newsies isnt really a broadway show but i say those songs too Updated On: 9/10/06 at 06:42 PM
SweetQ: Your opinion (and everyone else's) is subjective. There is no such thing as the ultimate best. Maybe this thread should be retitled "Your Favorite Broadway Lyrics."
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